“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown;… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“We approach truth only inasmuch as we depart from life. For what do we, who love truth, strive after in life? To… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one… — Socrates Copy Share Image
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The soul is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, by virtue of having no willing association… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“...I do not believe that the law of God permits a better man to be harmed by a worse. No doubt my… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is one of… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“...[Y]ou know very well the truth of what I [say]... I have incurred a great deal of bitter hostility; and this is… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Neither in war nor yet at law ought any man to use every way of escaping death. For often in battle there… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Do you feel no compunction, Socrates, at having followed a line of action which puts you in danger of the death penalty?'… — Socrates Copy Share Image
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Neither I nor any other man should, on trial or in way, contrive to avoid death at any cost. — Socrates Copy Share Image
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher — Socrates Copy Share Image
“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no… — Socrates Copy Share Image
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. — Socrates Copy Share Image
